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Southfield, MI: Ward's Automotive Group, 2011. Comprehensive automotive industry standard reference text contains detailed sections covering vital industry data and analysis including current and future engine technology; powertrain and chassis systems; materials and manufacturing for engines and other components; emissions and alternative fuels; electric and hybrid vehicles; electronics systems; auto company profiles, including key financial data; North American and… Read more about this item

Waukesha, WI.: Kalmbach Publishing, 1980. Comprehensive highly acclaimed text presents details and measurements of diesel locomotives with hundreds of photographs, diagrams, and specifications. Includes HO scale plans, and detailed individual drawings of 70 notable North American diesel locomotives accompanied by photographs showing the engines in various stages of their development. Topics covered include: diesel parts and detail; diesel trucks; multiple… Read more about this item

Bay Shore, N.Y.: SFT Publishing, 1990. Comprehensive text presents detailed marketing strategies, concepts, techniques, and applications for the automotive service industry. Topics covered include: marketing plans; basic and advanced service marketing techniques; sales techniques; determining the size of a market; new car dealers; independent shops; guerilla marketing and positioning; advertising your service business; publicity and public relations; repair shops; keeping… Read more about this item

New York: John S. Collins, 1899. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed history of the Erie Railroad Project, based on an intensive five-year research by the author. Includes topics covering early history of the the New York Railroad; public and private advocates; government route surveys and projects; organization and board of directors; the administrations of Eleazer Lord, James Gore King,… Read more about this item

Warrendale, PA.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1996. Comprehensive text presents detailed papers from world renown transportation experts and engineers which focuses on the development and design of hybrid vehicles. Topics covered include: sensitivity analysis of hybrid electric vehicle design; hybrid natural gas electric fleet vehicles; tools and strategies for hybrid-electric drivesystem optimization; advanced motor control electronics; near term improvement of… Read more about this item

Mendham, N.J.: The Astragal Press, 1995. This text contains the classic work on coach building in all its branches, reprinted from the 1875 second edition. Included are sections on: drafting, designing, and the construction of the frame and all the wooden parts; smithing of the metal, the springs, platforms, axles, wheel hoops, etc., complete with detailed diagrams; painting, applying designs… Read more about this item

Albany, New York: Delmar Publishers, 1996. Comprehensive reference text authored by renown automotive expert Jack Erjavec, presents detailed coverage of ABS systems from basic brake concepts and general ABS theory and operation, to general ABE diagnosis and troubleshooting, to detailed diagnostics and service by system. Includes ABS service precautions and traction control diagnostic and service procedures. 170 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal… Read more about this item

Surrey, England: Jane's Information Group Ltd., 1993. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed topics covering world urban tram and light rail systems; world urban trollybus systems; alphabetical profiles city by city; manufacturers of rail vehicles, traction equipment, rail and bus components, electrification, transit system technology, trollybus traction equipment, road vehicle chassis components; signalling, communications and traffic equipment, revenue collection equipment, track… Read more about this item

Victoria, Australia: Ellery Publications, 2000. Comprehensive reference text presents a detailed repair and maintenance guide for the Toyota Camry and Holden Apollo vehicles from 1987 through 1992. Contains all aspects of restoration, maintenance, and mechanical repair work. Topics covered include engine maintenance, tune-up, and rebuild; emission control and exhaust system; ignition, starter and alternator systems; carburettor and EFI fuel system;… Read more about this item

Terre Haute, Indiana: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, 1898. Classic specially bound set contains Volumes 24 & 27 of the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine published in 1898 and 1899 respectively. Missing from this set are numbers 1-2, and 4-6 of 1898; and numbers 1-4 of 1899. March 1898 includes a special Naval supplement, and a firemen's course in arithmetic. Premium library binding… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN.: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen, 1912. Classic specially bound set contains Volume 52 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine Feb.- June issues published in 1912. Missing from this set is the September and October 1912 issues. Topics covered include locomotive running and repair; air brake;train rules and train practice; industrial; brotherhood; etc.Premium library binding… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1976. Classic comprehensive text covers all areas of race car engineering, theory, development, and mechanics; covering engine support sysems, gearing and differentials, tires and wheels, aerodynamics, suspension geometry and alignment, brakes, springs, anti-roll bars, and shock absorbers; frame and body, safety and testing, etc. 307 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's initial on front endpaper. Dustjacket… Read more about this item

Wheatland, Wyoming: Triple R Press, 1970. Fine text is an exact reproduction of the original publication by the Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Nebraska, 1909- with three added supplements, a table of the principle divisions of geologic time, and a map showing the location of Como Bluff. Includes a description of the Grand Canyon of the North Platte River- one of… Read more about this item

Omaha, Nebraska: Kratville Publications, 1969. Classic text presents a history of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the development of the Centenary, which opened in Sept.of 1927 known as the Fair of the Iron Horse. Includes coverage of the Hall of Transportation, Exhibit Tracks, Traffic Building, Allied Services Building, the Maryland Pavillion, the Pageant of locomotives and trains. Exquisite reprint… Read more about this item

New York: D.Van Nostrand, 1970. Classic reprint of the 1867 original edition "Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley to the Rocky Mountainsand Laramie Plains in the Fall of 1866 with a Synoptical Statement of the Various Pacific Railroads, and an account of the Great Union Pacific Railroad Excursion to the One Hundredth Meridian of Longitude". Text contains… Read more about this item

Brighton, England: Autopress Ltd., 1972. Classic comprehensive repair and service manual for the Mercedes-Benz 250 series models 250 S 1965-1968, 250 SE 1965-1967, 250 SEBC 1965-1967, and 250 SL 1967. Topics covered include the engine, fuel system, ignition system, cooling system, clutch, manual and automatic transmission, propeller shaft, rear axle and rear suspension, front suspension and hubs, steering system, braking… Read more about this item

Warrendale, PA.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1996. Comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering research and development in engine and fuel technology for hybrid vehicles- series, parallel, and dual systems; hybrids employing mechanical energy stroage or electrical energy sources; engine and fuel stategies for fuel efficient, low emission hybrid vehicles; etc. 138 pp. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.… Read more about this item

Warrendale, PA.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1997. Comprehensive text documents international developments in engine technology, fuel technology and system integration for series and parallel hybrid vehicles. Topics addressed include the development of a single shaft parallel hybrid; projected performance of a two-stroke direct injection compound diesel engine with harmonic crankshafts and charge/recovery piston; modeling of hybrid vehicles to estimate fuel… Read more about this item

Warrendale, PA.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1995. Comprehensive reference text provides essential information on the fundamentals of alternative fuels and the factors necessary for evaluating their use. Includes topics covering various alternative fuels; costs of converting, fueling, and operating alternatively-fueled vehicles; performance, reliability, and availability; refueling facilities; conversion of spark and compression ignition engines; etc. 327 pgs. Illustrated. . First… Read more about this item

Warrendale, PA.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1984. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed technical topics covering high temperature adiabatic engine concepts and operations including Cummins/TACOM advanced adiabatic engine; AVI Series III Diesel; Cummins-TARADCOM adiabatic turbocompound engine; capabilities of heat insulated diesel engine; performance analysis; materials; ceramic coatings design; waste energy converters; tribology; component designs; ceramic bearings; combustion/heat transfer; ceramic turbos; etc.… Read more about this item